Title: Joseph Bell DeRemer Papers, 1887-1986
Predominant Dates:1887-1942
ID: OGLMC/744
Creator: DeRemer, Joseph Bell (1871-1944)
Extent: 13.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 03/11/1982
Languages: English [eng]
Additional materials were donated by:
Joe B. DeRemer, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, March 25, 1982 (82-967)
Margery McCanna, McCanna, North Dakota, May 29, 1990 (90-1703)
William Harrie, Grand Forks, July 13, 1990 (90-1713) and February 6, 1992 (92-1809)
The Book Fair, Grand Forks (via Al and Alice Thureen, East Grand Forks), September 15, 1999 (99-2401) and October 3, 2000 (2001-2508)
Lee Furman, Grand Forks, June 6, 2000 (2000-2442)
Royce Yeater, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Chicago, IL, May 30, 2002 (2005-2782)
Sandy Slater, Grand Forks, June 2007 (2011-3145)
Mount St. Benedict Academy, Crookston, MN, June 2023 (2023-3481)
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Stanley Johnson, UND Art Department
Acquisition Method: Donation; 82-964
Separated Materials:
Several items from Joseph DeRemer's personal library were cataloged and added to Special Collections Stacks:
Josiah Allen's Wife. Samantha at the World's Fair. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1893 (DeRemer gave this to his wife)
Palmer, Bertha Rachael. Beauty Spots in North Dakota. Boston: Richard Badger, 1928 (DeRemer's personal copy and signed by the author)
American Homes and Gardens volumes 1-2, 1905-1906
American Homes and Gardens volume 4, 1907
House and Garden volumes 8-20, 1905-1911
Indoors and Out volumes 3-5, 1905-1907
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Joseph Bell DeRemer Papers. OGLMC 744, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in July 2015.
625 Belmont Road (Joseph DeRemer residence)
511 Reeves Drive (Alexander Griggs residence)
United Lutheran Church
722 Belmont Road (E.J. Lander residence)
1518 Riverside Drive (Joseph DeRemer residence)
Proposed home of Dr. P.W. Smith
Kelly & Palmer Filling Station
Merrifield Hall Tower
South Side Elementary School
Utzinger Grocery
Kenney Olson Glass Co. and Larson Bros. Painters
St. Vincent's Hospital, Crookston, MN (2)
Unidentified (3)
St. Mary's Church and School, Grand Forks (7)
Houses along Belmont Avenue, Grand Forks
School, Cando, ND
Profile of three UND Fraternity and Sorority houses (p. 7)
Contracts for UND Liberal Arts Building (p. 31)
Drawings and plans
Dedication programs, 1932 and 1942
Item 1: Framed sketch of the Bellevue Apartments, J.A. Dinne Co. and Oscar C.G. Knudson, owners, ca. 1923
Item 2: Framed sketch of high-rise building by Samuel DeRemer, 1932
Item 3: Framed sketch by Samuel DeRemer of Joseph DeRemer's book plate, 1922
Item 4: Assorted architectural tools
Six panels of plants and trees on one sheet, July 10, 1896
Six panels of plants and trees on one sheet, January 9, 1897
"A Naples" Plate VIII, July 28, 1896
"The Tuscan Order" Plate X, August 1, 1896
"Balusters and Balustrade" Plate XII, August 28, 1896
Four mounted sketches of high-rise buildings
Street Front of Proposed Building for Jacob Lampert, Chicago Bakery, Grand Forks (1 sheet)
Sketches of Joseph and Josie DeRemer with Poetry (1 sheet)
Proposed Administration Building, Grand Forks Municipal Airport (4 sheets)
Proposed New State Theatre, Red Lake Falls, MN (2 sheets)
Gymnasium (2 sheets - Ground and First Floor Plans)
Church (1 sheet - First Floor Plan)
Church (2 sheets - labeled A and B)
Project 702 - Lukkason Bar and Café, East Grand Forks, MN (4 sheets)
Gymnasium and Auditorium, Crookston, MN (2 sheets)
Polk County State Bank (1 sheet)
Proposed Modernizing Treatment for Hotel Crookston, Crookston, MN (1 sheet)
Crookston High School Auditorium - Interior Decorative Design (1 sheet)
Elks Lodge and Clubhouse, Thief River Falls, MN (3 drawings on 1 sheet)
Elks - Interior Treatments (1 sheet)
Hotel Francis, East Grand Forks, MN (3 sheets)
Color Schemes for First Presbyterian Church, Grand Forks (2 sheets)
Four Schemes for Redecorating Bobby's Cafe (1 sheet)
Decorative Scheme for United Lutheran Church, Grand Forks (1 sheet divided into 2 separate sections)
Possible Rock Garden at Sunnyrest Sanatorium for Mrs. James K. Anderson (1 sheet)
Home of L.M. Mondry (2 sheets)
Winship Elementary School, Grand Forks (2 sheets)
Dr. Pepper Bottling Plant, Grand Forks (1 sheet)
Proposed Gymnasium, Petersburg, ND (1 sheet)
Proposed Liberal Arts Building (Merrifield Hall), UND (1 sheet)
Sketch of Merrifield Hall Entryway, UND (1 sheet)
Proposed Fraternity House for Epsilon Kappa of Sigma Nu, UND (1 sheet)
Unidentified Building (1 sheet)
Goebel Motors, Grand Forks (1 sheet)
Public School, Enderlin, ND (2 sheets)
Nestor Tap Room, F.J. Hughes Owner, Fargo, ND (5 sheets)
Lealos (1 sheet)
Oscar's - similar to Lealos plan (1 sheet)
Proposed Memorial Building, Lakota, ND (1 sheet)
Proposed Building for Grand Forks Steam Laundry Co. (1 sheet)
Proposed Filling Station for Kelly and Palmer (1 sheet)
Unidentified Houses - Elevations and Floor Plans (7 sheets)
High-rise building sketches (9)
Interior Drawing - Fireplace and Bench (1)
Proposed Administration Building, Grand Forks Municipal Airport (4 sheets)
Public School, Cando, ND (5 sheets)
Project 505 - McCanna Farming Company House (copies of blueprints), August 1920 (10 sheets consecutively numbered)
County Courthouse, Jail, and Sheriff's House, Grand Forks (9 sheets consecutively numbered)
Project 246 - House, September 1906 (3 sheets)
Crookston Hotel Cafe and Lounge, Crookston, MN (1 sheet)
Project 607 - St. Mary's School, Grand Forks, 1927? (7 sheets with 5 numbered 1S through 5S)
Project 520 - Grafton State School Dormitory, May 1922 (15 sheets)
Project 137 - Grand Forks Public Library, February 1904 (10 sheets)
Project 139 - Panovitz Furniture Building, 31 South 3rd Street, March 1904 (14 sheets)
Project 581 - Delta Gamma Sorority, March 1926 (9 sheets)
Project 165 - House of Robert H. McCoy, 401 Reeves Drive, September 1904 (14 sheets)
Project 218 - Garage at 401 Reeves Drive, October 1905 (1 sheet)
Interior remodeling of Leslie "Bill" Larson house, 401 Reeves Drive, October-December 1955 (11 sheets total with 5 larger sheets consecutively numbered and 6 smaller sheets)
YMCA Addition, Grand Forks, 1945-1946 (10 sheets plus 5 smaller sheets in a folder)
Project 125 – YMCA, October 1903 (14 sheets)
YMCA Repairs, July 1911 (1 sheet)
United Lutheran Church – Bulletin Boards, ca. 1950 (4 sheets)
United Lutheran Church (5 smaller sheets in folder)
United Lutheran Church (21 sheets of varying dimensions – some torn)
Project 131 - Whitey’s Café, East Grand Forks, September 1946 (5 sheets consecutively numbered)
Whitey’s Café, East Grand Forks (8 blueprint sheets, 7 of which are consecutively numbered)
Project 367 - Masonic Temple, January 1913 (20 sheets consecutively numbered)
Project 152 - Francis Hotel, East Grand Forks (19 sheets with 1-17 consecutively numbered)
Project 316 - First Presbyterian Church, March 1910 (13 sheets numbered 2-14)
Project 575 - Central High School Addition, February 1926 (15 sheets consecutively numbered with sheet 15 smaller than the rest)
Project 537 - Bellevue Apartments, June 1923 (18 sheets)
Project 639 – Williston High School (16 sheets consecutively numbered)
Sketch - Mount St. Benedict Academy Addition, July 27, 1953 (1 sheet)
Plans - Revisions to Chapel, November 14, 1962 (1 sheet)
Proposed Addition and Remodeling, September 28, 1953 (8 blueprint sheets)
Proposed Addition and Remodeling, July 28, 1953 (2 sheets - plans and elevations)
Colored, Mounted Drawing of MSB Campus, undated
Project 5914, 1958-1962 (20 sheets consecutively numbered, but with two sheets each numbered 2, 7, and 8 – 23 sheets total; 8 of the sheets are blueprints).
Job 281 - Residence Hall Mechanical Plans, June 5, 1961 (5 sheets numbered M-2 through M-6)
Project 5914 - Residence Hall, May 29, 1961 (18 sheets numbered 3 through 20)
Job 302, Southwestern Engineering Co. – Aluminum Railings, November 1961 (4 sheets numbered 1A through 4A)
Fargo Food & Equipment Co. – Kitchen Plans, August-September 1961 (7 sheets consecutively numbered)
Job 4898, Northern Woodwork Co. – Shelving, doors, etc., 1962 (26 sheets numbered 1, D-1, then 2 through 25)
Miscellaneous Details, November 10, 1961 (1 sheet numbered 37)
Project 5914 - Residence Hall, May 29, 1961 (14 sheets numbered S-1 through S-14)
Residence Hall First Floor Slab (1 sheet labeled B-16)
Project 5914 - Residence Hall, May 29, 1961 (14 blueprint sheets numbered S-1 through S-14)